Zuiderzee Is Now IJsselmeer In Dutch Landmark Dike
Washington reports Dutch engineers have severed the Zuiderzee from the North Sea with an 18 mile dike. A portion becomes a fresh water IJsselmeer, while most land is drained for farmsteads and arable expansion. The project adds about seven percent to land area and ten percent to tillable ground.
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Washington
Zuiderzee
North Sea
Ijessel
Jesselmeer
Bulletin Society
Netherlands
Rhode
Holland
Zuidersee
Amsterdam
Volendam
Hoorn
Cape Horn
South America
Willem Schouten
Isle of
Marken
Zee
Kampen
Chinese Girls Bring 13 in Flood Area
River floods in Harbin driven by guerilla fighting leave destitute Chinese families. Daughters of the poor are said to have been offered for sale at 50 yen apiece as relief efforts are overwhelmed. Local mobs press for aid while Lieutenant General Hirose assumes command and declares martial law.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Manchoukuo
Sungari
Hirose
Foretold progress of thousand years
Paris reports reflections on Theodosius 1000 year forecast offering ideas on population growth scientific advances in botany zoology and astrology. It notes doubts about the year 1000 end of the world and suggests faith would endure with Cross overcoming Crescent and safety aiding travel.
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Paris
Theodosius
Charles Richet
Ravenna
Crescent
Thales
Tarentum
Crops Cost Least on Manured Land
F H Crane reports Illinois soil experiment results showing crops produced at lowest cost with manure based soil treatment. Across 19 of 26 fields manure and limestone proved most profitable, with manure valued at 2 to 3 dollars per ton for improving yields across wheat corn oats and hay.
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F. H. Crane
College of Agricultum University of
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Aledo
Hartsburg
LaMoille
Minonk
Oquawka
Cow Testing Seen as Investment by Farmers
Farmers debate cow testing as an expense versus an investment. Some see it as costly, others note reduced production costs. An Iowa Potashoptas association member produced butterfat at 1.14 cents per pound, with many members under the average butterfat price, keeping herds on the favorable side of the ledger.
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Dairyaian
Potahoptas
Iowa
Kenneth Littlefield
Hoard's Dairywan
Care of Sows Udders Saves Pigs in Whiteside Farm
A Whiteside County farm lost 100 pigs after udders were not washed. Following guidance from Dr. Robert Graham and State Veterinarian W H Welch, sows yet to farrow were washed and painted with iodine, saving the later litters and advancing a swine sanitation plan.
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Whiteside County
Clinois
Shuman
Robert Graham
University of Illinois
W. H. Welch
Soybeans Prove Cost Effective For Pork Feeding
At the Michigan experimental station soybeans valued at half to two thirds of grain plus cooking cost do not exceed one quarter of their cost and yield pork as cheaply as corn and tankage. The nutlike flavor from cooked beans boosts porcine appetite and growth. Ohio results show cooking saving 115.7 pounds of feed.
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Michigan
Ohio Station
Hog Cholera Hazard to Be Kept in Mind
The article urges farmers to immunize pigs against hog cholera and to monitor herds for outbreaks. It notes serum and virus protection prevent losses, warns that cholera affects all, and stresses timely treatment and vigilance when hogs near market weight.
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Ip Hoard
Dairyman
Fertilizer Boosts Grass Land Value in English Trials
Sir Frederick Kiebie of Imperial Chemical Industries reviews 492 English trials showing early, more continuous pasture growth after fertilizer. Pure Chilek at 145 pounds per acre made grass ready 14 to 28 days earlier on 91 percent of farms, reducing need for expensive feeds and enabling earlier grazing.
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Sir Frederick Kiebie
Llmperial Chemical Industries Ltd
England
Sir Frederick
New Zealand
Soybeans for Hay Provide High Quality Feed on Limited Seed
Prairie Farmer notes broadcasting soybeans for hay can yield heavy tonnage with feed value comparable to alfalfa. Seed costs are low this year, offering good return on small fields. Plant around corn time. beans tolerate harvest and stored cocks without losing feeding value.
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Prairie Farmer
Hay Curing by Heat in Sweat Stacks
The United States Department of Agriculture warns that heating hay in sweat stacks to dry it causes combustion without flame and yields brown hay. Though livestock may eat it, this method degrades hay quality compared to sun curing, due to heating deterioration.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Saya
Agricultural Notes on Dry Beans in New York Farms
Agricultural notes remind that flies breed in filth and highlight that ten and six tenths percent of New York state farms grow dry beans. Beans account for one and eight tenths percent of the state's total crop values.
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New York State
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James Mattern
Bennett Griffin
Russia
United States
Naval Reserve
New York Harbor
Ijesselmeer
Old Man Sea
North Holland
Orator
Tip Washington
Monk
Claily
Cepatien Te
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